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... ANNA KARENINA A NOVEL BY COUNT LEO TOLSTOY Translated from the Russian BY CONSTANCE GARNETT DjVu Editions Copyright c 2002 by Glo... ...2002 by Global Language Resources, Inc. All rights reserved. First published in English, 1901. First published in Russian, 1877. “Vengeance is mine; ... .... First published in Russian, 1877. “Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.” Romans 12:19 Contents Part I 1 Chapter 1 . . . . . . . . . . ... ...t I Chapter 1 H APPY families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Everything was in confusion in the Oblonskys’ house. The ... ...n she married the diplomat Lvov. Kitty was still a child when Levin left the university. Young Shtcherbatsky went into the navy, was drowned in the Ba... ...t principles of science, familiar to him as a natural science student at the university. But he had never connected these scientific deductions as to t... ...ft for the country.” “Konstantin Dmitrievitch despises and hates town and us townspeople,” said Countess Nordston. “My words must make a deep impressi... ...s!” said Stepan Arkadyevitch playfully. “Your tone of con tempt for us poor townsfolk!. . . But when it comes to business, we do it better than any o... ...iving, feigning, and continu ally thinking of others, when the passion that united them was so intense that they were both oblivious of everything el...